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Thanks - I need to take another look at it so i'll try next.

Hi, Thats an automatic engine compartment fire extingusher so i do hope it is up to the job of being ok in a hot environment. It also has a manual deply option which was never connected to the power if you spotted some cables from it. We also have fire extigushers outside of the engine bay which can be used in the way you describe.

Yes but then the socket would be hanging out the back of the device. I didn't want to do that.

Hi, you can use any GPS device as long as it's NMEA2000 but you will then need a series of different cables to connect from the Raymarine unit as their SeatalkNG has an extra pin. On the battery question, do you only have one battery onboard? I'm guessing that's something to do with voltage drop when starting the engine.

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys good to know I can use the garmin GPS w/ the Raymarine MFD.the RM actuely has NMEA2K output giving ppl the chance to aviod the seatalk cabling sys. yes I only have the engine start battery. the 12" MFD uses 25 watts on it's own I believe that includes the transducer. not sure if the garmin gps24xd is powered or not. if I do get another 27group battery would it be ok to have a manuel battery AB switch switched to both while running engine to charge both batterys? thanks

The GPS will be powered but it will use so little power that it wont be noticable. Yeah that would be the simplest solution (Battery AB Switch), im still not sure i would go to all that expense just to run the MFD. I think i would try it first and see how things go. I'm guessing you have a voltmeter onboard, just keep a close eye on power usage first.

Glad it was helpful! - Thanks for your comments.

Hi, Can you send me an example so that i can import it?

Hi Matt, I used this, effectively straight from the menu: [{"id":"160f73a077a5a9c3","type":"tab","label":"Flow 1","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"9a9234ba39953da6","type":"signalk-subscribe","z":"160f73a077a5a9c3","name":"Depth Below Transducer","mode":"sendAll","flatten":false,"context":"vessels.self","path":"environment.depth.belowTransducer","source":"","period":1000,"x":110,"y":160,"wires":[["29ea86a0260e57cd"]]},{"id":"154fecdcd2092b3d","type":"debug","z":"160f73a077a5a9c3","name":"debug 1","active":false,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":700,"y":100,"wires":[]},{"id":"29ea86a0260e57cd","type":"change","z":"160f73a077a5a9c3","name":"add 1.0","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"payload+ 1.0","tot":"jsonata"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":320,"y":160,"wires":[["154fecdcd2092b3d","4ac1acfcd348305a"]]},{"id":"4ac1acfcd348305a","type":"signalk-send-pathvalue","z":"160f73a077a5a9c3","name":"","source":"node-red","meta":"null","x":670,"y":160,"wires":[]}] Thanks

Hi, this is the screen, www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253289838646?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=sA4xWqdKSHW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=1XqhIgr5QPm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Hi - Thanks, its using a YHDC SCT sesnor and a converted sketch that i did in another video. Seems to be working well so far. How are things with you?

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys That's funny, that's the only one of yours I haven't seen, and I don't know why I skipped it!! I will watch it tonight. I will probably have more questions lol - I think I will add this for my Shore power and inverter power. Things are great with me! Just pulled the boat out for Winter, but lots of jobs to do - Lithium Upgrade, transition to Pi5 (once I get a decent Power supply), Rudder bearings, Diesel system review.... How about you, I saw you moved up North? That looked like it would have been an awesome trip. let me know if you need crew for something like that!! I am crewing on a friends boat from Charleston, SC to Fort Lauderdale, FL - that should be awesome!!

@ApresSail will be interested to see what you do with the lithium, that is on my list but this year with the rigging, the sail and the rest of the move it's burnt through the maintenance fund! Sounds like you have some interesting projects coming up. We are in Wales now, we did half the trip but missed out on that last leg unfortunately. Going to explore this area next year and maybe Ireland and then I think we might move a bit further north. I have been to Charleston but it was a very long time ago. That also sounds like a good trip.

Hi - For the temp sensor or are you asking about something else?

Sorry the RPM diagram at 0:38.

@LumpinLoaf ah, it's linked in the description- this is the site github.com/boatybits/boatymonpy/blob/master/Schematic_BoatMonitorSMD_Sheet_1_20200209152710.png

In the first part of the video? Laziness, its pain to store it on deck, its pain to keep inflating/deflating it when you want to go ashore in each anchorage so its eaier to just pull it behind the boat. I dont think it does cause that much drag (and we're not in a hurry), the main issue really is if it catches a wave.

Hi, I've got a few on the channel under the OpenPlotter playlist and some other bits on our website - Here was the last video we did on Kip th-cam.com/video/uDas858rf6Y/w-d-xo.html Let me know if you want some specific information.

Hi, yeah that's really good advice. We did just that in Feb this year, tucked in behind Thorney island and had the whole place to ourselves. It's a lovely part of the world!

4 stroke or 2 stroke outboard? That's a tough one, I'm not sure 6hp is enough

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys 4 stroke

Hi, I think with the additional weight of a 4 stroke engine, its unlikely.

Hi, thanks for your comments on the videos. Is it possible to convert it in SignalK? Can you let me know how?

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys I wish I could help but sadly I am not a coder.

Yeah it's a great bit of kit 👍

Hi, it's not something I've done so far. I know there is a plugin for SK to send data to the cloud and that might be an option. Some sort of push notification would be good. I'll take a look as the weather is turning here now

Hi, Thanks for the comments. This charger is much more efficient than the last one also silent now, so no annoying fan noise at night when its running. I've also seen the hack to get some sort of VE-direct port/comms out of these chargers but I’m also following a post over on SK Discord channel where Victron has said the BLE data instant readout will be available soon (v3.6 I think) for these chargers. If someone is then able to update the Victron-BLE plugin for SK, we should be able to get most of the data out as we do with the shunts and solar kit.

Thanks for the reply, but the ve port should be per default in new versions, at least with the 3 ports 30 amps chargers. When you mean BLE, do you mean Bluetooth? So no further need of the USB cables? I guess that for venus and settings through the remote console would still be needed. I don't understand why they don't implement all settings available in Bluetooth Víctron app into Venus Os

@bybeka1 I'm also not sure why they don't have the port. Yes BLE - Bluetooth, I now connect to all my Victron kit via Bluetooth via SignalK. I used to use the VeDirect to the shunt but not now.

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys great, so You can save money in cables, which are not cheap!

Thanks for your comments

If you need some help, let us know either on here or via our website. The best tip I can give you is just start with part of it and build it up. Once you get going, it's easier to add to it. I've been wanting to use Node-red for a while, years in fact but just had other things to do first.

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys Much appreciated, but I think it will have to wait until I feel I have the left over capacity to start messing around with it again. I kind of hit a wall, rather than an actual learning curve it seems. And now I have an engine bay to tidy up, a sail drive and a Penta 2003 to prep before anything else so... yeah. But thank you for the offer, and once I get the stuck bits of keyboard out of my forehead after banging the two against each other one too many times, I hope I can take you up on the offer 😜

@AlfOfAllTrades 😀👍

Glad you liked the video. Thanks for your comment

Hi, no it won't do that. It uses so little power you won't even know it's connected. It also drops down further when it detects no movement. As soon as you start your van it would be charged back up in minutes.

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys thank you so much, finally someone explained simply! 😅

Ahh that's a shame. What problems are you having on shutdown/power off?

Hi, yeah sure. Can I asked what Pi and OpenPlotter version you are running?

Hi, Many thanks for your comments on the videos. Yeah, im also struggling with this now. It seemed to be down for a few days and then came back with the Garmin branding. Since then, i can't zoom in correctly and can only partially see charts at different zoom levels. A real shame as it was a great planning resource. Hopefully they will have a think about that and bring it back.

Quick question, do you get a menu on the left that says 'Whats on your boat?' Try changing that from Another Brand to Garmin? Does it now work?

Hello 👋 many thanks for your comments. Yeah, I was a little nervous about doing this so I started with fine grit wet and then realised I could use a slightly more aggressive paper and not do any damage. I took my time and didn't apply a lot of pressure and it came up really well. I'll be lifting the boat shortly so it will be interesting to see how that looks after a year in the water. Best of luck with your project and if you have any hints & tips after your restore lets us know 👍⛵️

They are expensive items that's very true. Do you not currently have a depth sounder onboard?

Hi, in terms of changing the layout?

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys No. Like i can not add data for tanks and shunts. They are available in the data dop down. Seems like some widgets ae missing. i can see date in date explorer.

Can you add them just using the number widget and get a value?

Many thanks for your comments 👍⛵️

Hi, you should be able to create a connection between OpenPlotter/SignalK to your WiFi device and listen to the data. This guide should help openplotter.readthedocs.io/latest/signalk/multiplexing.html

Hi, well it tracks my route, I can plot a course, I can send that route to an autopilot. It can show charts for anywhere in the world, it can multiplex different data types and convert them from one type to another, it can help with system migrations, it can show AIS data... having used it for the last 3 years it has more features and options than my Axiom does, the hardest part is making it waterproof.

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys So what you're saying is that its more than a full blown CP ( btw lovely recent vid to QAB .. nr my base!)

Yeah it can be, but just build it bit by bit and make sure like with everything else you have a backup, that's why I still run both this and an axiom. Some of the later videos will show the integrations it can do if you have come across them yet. QAB was nice. The bays were great to explore!

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys Thanks.. been using an old version of rpi/ o-cpn for a few years, but now considering upgrades inc later rpi /rewiring/ signal k / node red etc . Your vids are most interesting & inspiring me to get on with it!

@MJ-iv1es yeah, do it. Pi5 and OpenPlotter 4 is a great combo

Hi - Yeah it is strong enough to remove most of them. Just make sure whenever you do use it, you start with that side, even if you think the boat is clean. Anything sharp does give the sponge bit a hard time.

Maybe so but for £10 I wanted to see if the claim of it will stick to anything even when it's wet was true... it's not

Hi, Sorry i did reply but lost internet and it looks like it didn't post. Yeah, that code has complied ok and it should work. Just check the pin layout and the number of pins you have to use and you should be ok. If you want to drop us an email from our website, i'm happy to take a look at your code. You can share a picture then also and we can try and get to the bottom of it. Its also good to add one sensor at a time, even if you have added more in your code, it just work through them then 1 by 1.

Hi, when you say IMU are you refering to the sensor messuring pitch and roll etc?, mine isn't central at all, its mounted on the port side. If im honest, i dont really use it, its on the list to do something with but i've just not got to it yet.

@@BoatingwiththeBaileysi am trying to figure out if I even need the IMU for compass heading in open plotter, my GPS seems to know where I am headed

Hi, Yeah it will be able to get that information from your GPS. I found that sometimes when stopped, i dont get any heading information but you do if you have either a compas on your network or an IMU. Otherwise its needed for Pypilot and/or pitch/roll information.

Hi, Its a good question but I haven't yet seen a compass/wind wiget with the same level of detail as the one in KIP, thats now able to show bearing to waypoint and i think tidal data is next on the list as an example. Its the same with all this software, you want to borrow the best bits from each system. KIP is also incredibly efficent on the CPU when compaired to Grafana, i did some live data testing and it won hands down. I personally still think that OpenPlotter is the best of sailing/boating opensource software.

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys I saw that KIP widget and it's impressive. It's a pity they decided to write a new software from scratch, though, considering HA is such a good platform for it already - especially considering it has support for so many other widgets one would want to also display, aside of the compass/widget.

@wrobelda genuine question- what do you think it's missing? What haven't you been able to display that you've wanted to?

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys I haven’t used it yet, actually, but am a software engineer very familiar with Home Assistant and it’s an obvious choice for me for such use cases. HA is a mature, very stable project, so I’d rather use that than something that is relatively new. Mind that HA has tons of integrations already, for example Victron is very well integrated. There are sailors who use HA already for that purpose and who contribute widgets specifically designed for that use case - Google Smart Boat Innovations for example, who also have their own YT channel. In another example, you’re somewhat hacky use of ESP32 for water sensors is imho much riskier solution than using off the shelf, water resistant, reliable, cheap Zigbee sensors, which can be easily integrated into HA and which easily be multiplicated to provide the needed redundancy in such a crucial role. A lot of the stuff has already been polished to perfection in home automation realm and reinventing the wheel seems like wasted effort to me. Also, seeing your struggles with C++ ESP32 and alert messages, while ESPHome exists, makes me think that there’s whole new world for you to explore, one that is equally as rewarding but more reliable/predictable and with immense community support. I encourage you to look up sample HA dashboards to realize what kind of potential we’re talking here. Note that SignalK is still used in this scenario for NMEA, you just do most of the automation integration in Home Assistant and use its dashboard. It does come installed in Open Marine distribution, too, as far as I know. And to answer your actual question: one thing I would definitely want in that dashboard would be the camera views.

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys Looks like my elaborate comment war removed, or I don't see it. In any case, I recommend checking out "Smart Boat Innovations", both the website and their YT channel, as they use HA for dashboard. I also mentioned that I think you'd be better off using regular, off-the shelf Zigbee water sensors, are they are more reliable, cheap and wireless/waterproof, instead of hacked sensors attached to ESP32. And even if you insist on ESP32, the SensESP still comes off as repetitive effort, considering that ESPHome is such a mature platform that seems perfect for the use cases, and way easier to use. SignalK is still good software for interfacing NMEA, but I would leave all the automation and dashboarding to HA, which can interface with SignalK. And one thing I would definitely want on my dashboard is camera views. See the Smart Boat Innovation for their examples.

Hi, it shouldn't be the board version, I've also had this problem. Have you tried setting that information in the uploaded code? Does that make them work? When I had this issue, I had to flash the board with a completely different set of code and then start again. Making small code changes didn't help. Let us know home you get on.

I also am having this problem. Using the captive portal, save button on wifi won’t do anything when pressed. Tried multiple boards, tried specifying the wifi ssid and password in the code. No matter what I do, they won’t connect to any wifi. Using a “normal” Arduino code works fine 😞

I too have the same “non branded” dev kit boards (cheap ones from AliExpress). I wonder if there’s a difference in wifi chip or something…

Interesting- maybe it is that board. My 2nd one was one of these. The FireBeetle I got from Pihut just worked, never had any issues with that one. Maybe it is the WiFi chip

@@BoatingwiththeBaileys I tried setting wifi credentials in the code and also different versions of sensesp including the very latest Version 3. Nothing worked. I do have some v3 boards on order to test. I'll let you guys know how they work. Also not much help from the github community.

Hi, have the batteries changed type? What's happening when you try and charge them?

Hi - yeah I was surprised by that, I thought it would take ages but it filled the primary quickly and then we got the air out of the engine filter. I also thought it might run lumpy but it didn't. That lever does feel like it's doing nothing 😀

Hi, I don't see why not. If you need some help if you head to our website and drop us an email we can help you

Thanks - Shes doing really well.

Thanks for watching and take care in the fog. ⛵️

Thanks for your comments on the video - You take the Cumulative value, the longer you leave it to run, the more stable that value should get. Mine got to the point where it hardly changed and that was what i used.

Hi, Many thanks for your comments and also pointing out that duplicate include statement. I've updated the code online now. Thanks.